
Alter Ego
The Critical Writings of Michel Leiris
Sean Hand(Author)
Legenda (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 31. October 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
154 pages
978-1-900755-98-6 (ISBN)
Description
Alter Ego is the first monograph in English on the critical writings of Michel Leiris (1901-90). A groundbreaking autobiographer and pioneering ethnographer, Leiris also produced important criticism on art, opera, jazz and literature, which acts as a key commentary on twentieth-century intellectual movements and demonstrates vividly the constant refashioning and reformulation of contemporary ideas and aesthetics. Hand defines and situates Leiris's core themes, analyses his criticism in each of the art areas examined, and delineates the model that emerges of a contrapuntal and heterogeneous critical identity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leeds
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
250 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-900755-98-6 (9781900755986)
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Person
Sean Hand is Professor of French and Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at Oxford Brookes University. He has published on Michel Leiris, Emmanuel Levinas and contemporary aesthetics and ethics. While writing the present book he was a Leverhulme Research Fellow.
Content
Introduction; 1: Perceiving Presence: Leiris and Visual Art; 2: Breaking the Sound Barrier: Leiris and Music; 3: Reading Rules: Leiris and Literature; Conclusion

